Marathwada Short Film Competition
Milind Jog
Milind is a well known Cinematographer, especially in marathi film industry. He is a Civil Engineer turned Cinematographer.
He currently resides in Mumbai. He has a vast experience of working on around 20 documentaries, 14 feature films, around 15 commercials, multiple corporate films and a few web series. Some of his marathi films are Pondicherry, Aamhi Doghi, Faster Fene, Jarann, etc. Also some of his hindi movies like Aisha, Madras cafe, Gollu pappu, etc. As a cinematographer he thrives for good stories and its uniqueness. He likes to work with different people and always tries to understand different approaches towards cinematography. In 2006 he received the Maharashtra State award, V. Shantaram award, Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal award for his feature film ‘Restaurant’ for Best Cinematographer. Many of his feature films were also nominated for best cinematographer.
Jury Chairperson
Rajkumar Tangde
Rajkumar an Actor, Director, Story writer, Dialogue writer, a native from Jambsamarth, Jalna. He has written and acted in an one-act play ‘Aakada’, based on the problem of the scarce power supply given to farmers. This act has received many awards and was later made a short film by Nandu Madhav. He has written plays like ‘kay dila swatantryani’, swargarohan, bahin majhi pritichi, Shivaji underground in bhimnagar mohalla, aakada, etc. Rajkumar has written stories for magazines like Akshar, Loksatta diwali magazine. Also written columns for Loksatta. His Short films like Swet Angar, Aakada, Mahadu, etc are also known. He has acted in some marathi movies like Deool, Mahadu, Tukaram, Nagrik, Jaudyana Balasaheb, Ghar Bandook Biryani, Zund, Manwat Murders (Web Series), etc. He has honoured with many awards like Vasant Soman Puraskar, Shivar Pratishthan Shetkari Sahitya, B Raghunath, Maharashtra foundation, Lotu Patil Natya, Damu Kenkre Smruti, Natya Parishad, Zee Gaurav, M.T Sanman, etc and also Vinod Doshi Fellowship. Recently he has written and Directed his debut film Chivti.
Jury Member
Namrata Falke
Namrata a News Editor at Akashwani Nagpur. She has a Masters degree in Public Administration and journalism and a Gold Medalist in Geography from SNDT Women's University, Pune. She has secured top state ranks in All India Radio’s Staff Selection and the UPSC Indian Information Service (Senior Grade, Gazetted) and a former Programme executive at Akashwani, Chatarapati Sambhajinagar. Namrata is a lifelong admirer of cinema, she studies global cinema and pop culture. She has written in Srujan magazine and Navshakti about cinemas, also a film-analyst column for The Wire Marathi. Namrata has received two UNICEF awards for innovative radio jingles promoting child immunization and the Government of India’s first Yoga Media Award for creative awareness programming. She has spent several years in Pune and Delhi shaping her academic and media experience. Namrata brings together a disciplined media background and a sustained commitment to understanding cinema, culture and the stories that shape contemporary India.
Jury Member